C++ Templates: Program to Swap Two Numbers Using Function Template

What are Templates in C++?

Templates help in defining generic classes and functions and
hence allow generic programming. Generic programming is an approach where
generic data types are used as parameters and the same piece of code work for
various data types.

Function templates are used to create family of functions
with different argument types. The format of a function template is shown
below:

template<class T>

return_type function_name (arguments of type T)

{

. . . .
.

. . . .
.

}

I have written a program below which will swap two numbers
using function templates.

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

template <class T>

void swap(T&a,T&b) //Function Template

{

T temp=a;

a=b;

b=temp;

}

int main()

{

int x1=4,y1=7;

float x2=4.5,y2=7.5;

cout<<“Before Swap:”;

cout<<“nx1=”<<x1<<“ty1=”<<y1;

cout<<“nx2=”<<x2<<“ty2=”<<y2;

swap(x1,y1);

swap(x2,y2);

cout<<“nnAfter Swap:”;

cout<<“nx1=”<<x1<<“ty1=”<<y1;

cout<<“nx2=”<<x2<<“ty2=”<<y2;

return 0;

}

There are so many things that I have missed in this
tutorial. In below video templates are explained very nicely. I am sure that
after watching this video you will understand templates very easily.